PhilPaine.com

Some­how an Appalachi­an style sounds per­fect­ly nat­ur­al for the Yukon. White­horse songstress Kim Beg­gs writes mov­ing, poet­ic lyrics to very tra­di­tion­al folk/county tunes and arrange­ments. Wan­der­er’s Paean (Cari­bou Records 2006) has plen­ty of what was once called “sweet and dark” music, firm­ly ground­ed in emo­tion­al real­i­ty. Out­stand­ing songs include “Lips Stained Red With Wine”, “Ship­yard Song” and “Walk­ing Down to the Sta­tion”, but my favourite is the per­fect­ly craft­ed “Banks of the Yukon.”